Kevin Georgiou (born 22 May 1985), known professionally as K Koke, is an English-Irish-Cypriot rapper. His ''Fire in the Booth'' freestyle on

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has over 25 million

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Music career

His first mixtape, ''Pure Koke Volume One'', was available free on various online outlets. Following radio play, he signed a deal with

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. At the time of signing to Roc Nation, Georgiou was preparing to release ''Pure Koke Volume Two''. He released visuals for singles "Nobody But Us" featuring Abel Miller, "Lord Knows" featuring Don Jaga and Conna "Three Chainz" Haines and "Streets Are Cold" which features Birmingham's UK rap veteran Malik MD7. However, his music career was stopped abruptly when he was arrested for attempted murder in 2011. Georgiou was later dropped from Roc Nation and in 2015 signed with

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Attempted murder trial

Georgiou was charged with the attempted murder of an unidentified 27-year-old football player at

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on 9 March 2011 along with associate named Levi who was remanded in custody pending trial in October 2011. The victim was shot in the back. Georgiou stood trial on 4 October 2011 and was acquitted of all charges on 3 November 2011 after seven months on remand.

Discography

Albums

Extended plays

Mixtapes

Singles

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Koke, K. 1985 births Living people Roc Nation artists English hip-hop musicians English male rappers English people of Greek Cypriot descent Gangsta rappers Rappers from the London Borough of Brent